Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes : How the First Jesuits Negotiated Religious Crisis in Early Modern Italy

Jessica M Dalton

ISBN 10: 9004413820 / ISBN 13: 9789004413825

Published by Brill Mai 2020, 2020

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Neuware - In Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes Jessica Dalton uses extensive, original archival research to provide the first history of a unique and controversial papal privilege that allowed the first Jesuits to absolve heretics in sixteenth-century Italy without involving bishops or inquisitors. Dalton uses the story of this remarkable privilege to reconsider two central aspects of Jesuit history: their role in the Counter-Reformation and their relationship with the papacy. She convincingly argues that, in the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation, the Jesuits were valued collaborators of popes, inquisitors and princes not for their obedience and subservience but rather because they worked with an autonomy and flexibility that allowed them to convert heretics where political barriers and popular hostility hindered inquisitors and prelates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes : How the First Jesuits Negotiated Religious Crisis in Early Modern Italy
• Publisher: Brill Mai 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004413820
• ISBN 13: 9789004413825
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 155H x 18D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 531 grams

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Synopsis

In Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes Jessica Dalton uses extensive, original archival research to provide the first history of a unique and controversial papal privilege that allowed the first Jesuits to absolve heretics in sixteenth-century Italy without involving bishops or inquisitors. Dalton uses the story of this remarkable privilege to reconsider two central aspects of Jesuit history: their role in the Counter-Reformation and their relationship with the papacy. She convincingly argues that, in the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation, the Jesuits were valued collaborators of popes, inquisitors and princes not for their obedience and subservience but rather because they worked with an autonomy and flexibility that allowed them to convert heretics where political barriers and popular hostility hindered inquisitors and prelates.

About the Author

Jessica M. Dalton, Ph.D. (2018, University of St Andrews), is an historian of religion and politics in early modern Europe, particularly the role of the Catholic Church. She has published articles on the early Jesuits and the Roman Inquisition.